RIC VI, TREVERI [after 279a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D], OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	IMPDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear [D].
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. A in left field, star in right field. TR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D, OFFICINA A. Not attested for obv. legend 1f (p. 187). Coin should be listed after TREVERI 279a. See also: TREVERI [after 279a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D], OFFICINA B

NOTES

Weight 9.08 g; diameter 26 mm. From CGB (brm_188105). Other specimens: - sold on Leu web auction 24 (lot 3173) in December 2022 for CHF 220; weight 9.81 g; diameter 26 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2002,1207.14); weight 10.07 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2018 for EUR 40.28; ex Genio popvli romani; note that Genius' head is towered; weight 10.70 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture]; - ex Roma Numismatics eSale 77 (lot 1268), November 2020; sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 119 (lot 1843) in April 2024 for GBP 5; weight 8.63 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in December 2013 for USD 11.11 [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk]; - sold on Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio auction (session D, lot 3159) in January 2015 for USD 80; weight 10.93 g [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.139); Rauceby hoard; weight 10.82 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture].